Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 12:45:32 -0700 (PDT) From: David Muir Sharnoff <muir@idiom.com> To: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@plutotech.com> Cc: n_hibma@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/115: systat iostat display doesn't scale high enough Message-ID: <199907161945.MAA10762@idiom.com>
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* The problem here is that the scale at the top has to work for three * different things -- megabytes per second, transactions per second, and * kilobytes per transaction. * * We could make the scale larger, so that you get a better picture of * transactions per second, but then the scale would be off for megabytes per * second on most systems. (kilobytes per transaction as well) * * Really, IMO, the standard systat -iostat display isn't very useful. I * think the :numbers version of the display is more useful, and easier * to read. * * The -vmstat display gives you more overall information, and iostat(8) is * better for long term statistics gathering. I have to translate that as: I don't see a good way to fix the problem It isn't that important anyway because there are better displays available anyway. A bit of a cop-out but systat at least displays a number when things can't fit. In '95 I don't think it did that. -Dave To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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